PwC Kingdom of Cambodia

Site map | PwC

PwC Armenia: Building relationships, creating value

PwC Cayman Islands: Building relationships, creating value

PwC in the Caribbean

PwC Albania

PwC East Caribbean

PwC Azerbaijan

PwC Bermuda

PwC British Virgin Islands

To comply with WCAG 2.1, fields must identify what their purpose is _programmatically_. If done correctly,
this allows browsers to help users fill in forms with known information, such as their name and email address.

This is accomplished via the `autocomplete` attribute, which should be set to a 
[supported value](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Attributes/autocomplete) wherever
appropriate, e.g. 

```html
<label for="name">
  First Name
</label>
<input id="name" type="text" autocomplete="given-name">
```

For fields where `autocomplete` is not appropriate, e.g. due to security, or the field not matching the
specification, the specific field should be ignored.

## Methodology

* All fields which could support `autocomplete` (e.g. text fields)
  are checked. Other fields - like dropdown menus - are ignored.
* The [accessible name](https://www.w3.org/TR/accname-1.2/) of each field is considered. In most cases this
  will be the `<label>` for the field.
* If the name matches a known pattern the field 
  must have an appropriate `autocomplete` value specified.
  For example, an `<input>` with type `text` with a label of 
  "First Name" would be expected to have an autocomplete value 
  of `given-name` or similar.

Note that using `autocomplete="on"` is not sufficient to pass this check, a
specific named autocomplete value must be used. See the
[supported values](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Attributes/autocomplete).

## Troubleshooting

If a field is a false positive, check whether the field has an 
appropriate accessible name (i.e. a `<label>` or `aria-label`).

If the label is incorrect, Silktide may assume that the field 
requires `autocomplete` where it does not. You should fix the 
label to avoid this.

Otherwise, you can simply ignore the specific field.

## More information

* [How to use HTML 5.2 attributes](https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Techniques/html/H98)

identify-input-purpose

July 2025

June 2025

Title / URL	Issues
PwC Kingdom of Cambodiawww.pwc.com/kh/en/	2
Site map \| PwCwww.pwc.com/gx/en/site-map.html	2
PwC Armenia: Building relationships, creating valuewww.pwc.com/am/en/	2
PwC Cayman Islands: Building relationships, creating valuewww.pwc.com/ky/en/	2
PwC in the Caribbeanwww.pwc.com/cb/en/	2
PwC Albaniawww.pwc.com/al/en/	2
PwC East Caribbeanwww.pwc.com/bb/en/	2
PwC Azerbaijanwww.pwc.com/az/en/	2
PwC Bermudawww.pwc.com/bm/en/	2
PwC British Virgin Islandswww.pwc.com/vg/en/	2

Identify the purpose of fields programmatically

Pwc

Where this issue has occurred